tiagoadcosta
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Hi, my names is Tiago and i'm from Portugal.
So, i'm thinking of buiding my own Playstation 2 Portable because i think it's still a great console and want to learn more about electronics and working on plastics. I've considered the GameCube too as i never had a Nintendo product. But they are very rare here in Portugal and besides i don't even own any games for it so i'd have to invest much more which is not an option.
Anybody still making PS2Ps or has the scene move on to another console?
My potential build would have something like:
- ZN-40 or ZN-45 case.
- PS2 Slim 70xxx or 79xxx running on some battery pack.
- No optical disc drive.
- Free MCBoot with OPL and a Media Player installed.
- A 5.6" 4
ratio screen.
- One or Two Memory Cards depending if those big third party Memory cards are compatible with Free MC Boot or not. I recall trying some years ago. Didn't work but i don't remember if it was not compatible or just a faulty Memory Card.
- A 16GB or bigger USB flash drive to put the games on.
- Keeping the Network Port would be great because of OPL's SMB functionality. Another idea would be installing a Raspberry Pi and connect it to the PS2. But i guess that would seriously affect power consumption...
- Original DualShock2 or third party controller frankencased in. Either way i'd remove the rumble feature totally or replace it with a LED.
- Maybe a port for a 2nd player.
- Headphone jack.
- Charger jack.
Now onto some questions
I'm a noob. I do some light stuff from time to time thus having a cheap iron, multimeter, solder pump and so on. And i'm very curious which i guess is a good thing.
- Is this project really too hard for a first portable?
- Is there a massive advantage in using a VGA screen like Ashen did instead of a regular cheap component reverse car camera screen. Or is the reverse camera screen good enough? I don't need top notch visuals.
- I've seen people reccomend the use of 3rd party controllers with no membranes. Are they much easier to install? Do they have pressure sensitive buttons anyways? I'd like to have those because of Gran Turismo 4.
- Do i have to use the 79xxx Slim or can i use the bigger 70xxx for this build on these ZN cases? It seems like here in Portugal 70xxx are much, much more available.
Thanks!
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So, i'm thinking of buiding my own Playstation 2 Portable because i think it's still a great console and want to learn more about electronics and working on plastics. I've considered the GameCube too as i never had a Nintendo product. But they are very rare here in Portugal and besides i don't even own any games for it so i'd have to invest much more which is not an option.
Anybody still making PS2Ps or has the scene move on to another console?
My potential build would have something like:
- ZN-40 or ZN-45 case.
- PS2 Slim 70xxx or 79xxx running on some battery pack.
- No optical disc drive.
- Free MCBoot with OPL and a Media Player installed.
- A 5.6" 4
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- One or Two Memory Cards depending if those big third party Memory cards are compatible with Free MC Boot or not. I recall trying some years ago. Didn't work but i don't remember if it was not compatible or just a faulty Memory Card.
- A 16GB or bigger USB flash drive to put the games on.
- Keeping the Network Port would be great because of OPL's SMB functionality. Another idea would be installing a Raspberry Pi and connect it to the PS2. But i guess that would seriously affect power consumption...
- Original DualShock2 or third party controller frankencased in. Either way i'd remove the rumble feature totally or replace it with a LED.
- Maybe a port for a 2nd player.
- Headphone jack.
- Charger jack.
Now onto some questions
I'm a noob. I do some light stuff from time to time thus having a cheap iron, multimeter, solder pump and so on. And i'm very curious which i guess is a good thing.
- Is this project really too hard for a first portable?
- Is there a massive advantage in using a VGA screen like Ashen did instead of a regular cheap component reverse car camera screen. Or is the reverse camera screen good enough? I don't need top notch visuals.
- I've seen people reccomend the use of 3rd party controllers with no membranes. Are they much easier to install? Do they have pressure sensitive buttons anyways? I'd like to have those because of Gran Turismo 4.
- Do i have to use the 79xxx Slim or can i use the bigger 70xxx for this build on these ZN cases? It seems like here in Portugal 70xxx are much, much more available.
Thanks!